Cosmic Fireball Falling Over ALMA
Photo showing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), located at 5000 metres above sea level on the remote and empty Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. Some of the 66 high-precision antennas that comprise ALMA are visible here, with dishes pointed aloft, studying the cold clouds in interstellar space, and peering deep into the past at our mysterious cosmic origins. The spectacular javelin of light over the ALMA array is a shooting star, slicing through the image in a vivid streak of colours.
ESO/C. Malin
Cosmic Fireball Falling Over ALMA
Photo showing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), located at 5000 metres above sea level on the remote and empty Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. Some of the 66 high-precision antennas that comprise ALMA are visible here, with dishes pointed aloft, studying the cold clouds in interstellar space, and peering deep into the past at our mysterious cosmic origins. The spectacular javelin of light over the ALMA array is a shooting star, slicing through the image in a vivid streak of colours.
ESO/C. Malin